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     Johanna Van Scherpenzeel was born circa 1540. She was the daughter of Johann Von Scherpenzeel and Gerberich Von Bentink. She married General Peter Schenk Van Nydeck, son of Derick Schenck and Anna Van Belaer, on 17 May 1580 at Doesburgh, Netherlands.

     Derich Schenck Van Nydeck was the son of Derick Schenck Van Nydeck and Aeheit Custers. He married Maria Van Galen.

     Derick Schenck Van Nydeck was the son of Diederick Schenck Van Nydeck and Adelheit Von Buren. He was Lord of Afferden, Blynbeek and Walbeek. He lived with his servant Aleid Casters. He married Catrina Ruten. He married Gertgen Burgers. He married Aeheit Custers. He died on 3 August 1525 at Blyenbeck, Netherlands.

     Diederick Schenck Van Nydeck was the son of Henrich Schenck Van Nydeck and Aleide Van Keldenbrock. He was Lord of Afferden & Blyenbeck and half of Walbeck. He married Adelheit Von Buren, daughter of Johan Von Buren and Alheid Von Arendahl. He was Marshall of the Duke of Cleve in 1442. He died between May 1487 and August 1487 at Mai, Netherlands.

     Henrich Schenck Van Nydeck was the son of Henrich Schenck Van Nydeck and Aelide Rayde. He was a knight, Lord of Afferden, Walbeek, & Blynbeek. He was Feoffer of Wachtendock and Bailiff of Gelderen. He married Aleide Van Keldenbrock, daughter of Lord Allard Van Keldenbrock. He died on 8 December 1452.

     Margaret "Maggie" E. Thorn was born on 19 July 1872 at Marion Co, WV..⁵ She was adopted on 19 July 1872 at Mannington, Marion Co, WV.. She was the daughter of Capt. William Benton Sine and Elizabeth Ann Hickman. Margaret "Maggie" E. Thorn was also known as Maggie Sine. She married William Israel Thomas, son of James A. Thomas and Nancy A. Ammons, on 28 February 1892 at Marion Co, WV..⁶ She died on 31 December 1901 at Harrison Twp, Scotland Co, MO., at age 29.

     Henrich Schenck Van Nydeck was Feoffer of Wachtendonck. He was a knight, Lord of Afferden & Walbeek. He married Aelide Rayde. He was the Head of the family in 1346.

     Adelheit Von Buren was the daughter of Johan Von Buren and Alheid Von Arendahl. She married Diederick Schenck Van Nydeck, son of Henrich Schenck Van Nydeck and Aleide Van Keldenbrock. She was Heiress of Aersen and Velden.

     Aleide Van Keldenbrock was the daughter of Lord Allard Van Keldenbrock. She married Henrich Schenck Van Nydeck, son of Henrich Schenck Van Nydeck and Aelide Rayde.

     Frank Leo Wilhite was born on 28 February 1918 at Salem, Dent Co, MO.. He was the son of Roy Monroe Wilhite and Mary Louise Hickman. He married Anna Clementine Kuciejczyk in 1939.³ He was a Gas and Oil man in 1940. He served in US Army, during W.W.II. He died on 16 August 1960 at St. Louis, MO., at age 42. He was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO..

     Jon Andrew Hickman is the son of Jacob 'Mike' Merwin Hickman Jr. and Sheri Anita Werner.

     Jesse Henry Hickman is the son of Jacob 'Mike' Merwin Hickman Jr. and Sheri Anita Werner.

     Todd Werner Hickman is the son of Jacob 'Mike' Merwin Hickman Jr. and Sheri Anita Werner.

     Michael Joseph Talkington was born on 19 December 1942 at Fairmont, WV.. He was the son of Joseph Roy Talkington and Helen Iona Moore. He married Diane Sue Wright on 22 June 1968 at Fairmont, WV..⁴ He died on 15 January 2015 at Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV., at age 72.

     Dorothy Holloway married Thomas Wheeler, son of Thomas Wheeler. She was born on 13 October 1574 at St. Mary, Bedfordshire, England. She was the daughter of Hugh Holloway and Alice (---). She died before April 1625 at Bedfordshire, England.

     Margaret (---) was born circa 1750. She married Benjamin Chesney. She died after 1840 at VA.

     Margaret Irene Chesney was born on 23 July 1825 at Monongalia Co, WV.. She was the daughter of Hazael Chesney and Nancy Ramsey. She married William Donley, son of James Donley and Susannah Robinson. She appeared on the census of 1880 at Perry Twp, Greene Co, PA.. She died on 1 April 1908 at Mt. Morris, Greene Co, PA., at age 82.

     Mary Everly was born circa 1768. She was the daughter of Caspar Everly and Sarah (---). She married John Ramsey, son of (---) Ramsey. She died after 1818 at Monongalia Co, WV..

     Caspar Everly married Sarah (---). He was born circa 1740. He was paid for road work in Maryland, during Western Expedition by Brigadier Forbes, Colorado, Bouquet and Liuetenant St. Clair on 7 August 1758.⁵ He was on tax rolls for Old Town Hundred, Fredrick Co. MD (now Alleghany Co) in 1761. He was one of the first settlers of Monongalia Co, Va. He settled on 500 acres, on the west bank of the Monongahela River, just south of the PA line, at the current town of West Van Voorhis. He gave supplies to the Continental Army.⁶ He served 131 days in the Revolutionary War, under Captain Scott.⁷ He gave a disposition from his home, as a witness in a land dispute on 16 March 1799 at Monongalia Co, VA..⁸ He died in 1800 at Monongalia Co, WV..

     Celestia A. Burch was born on 14 November 1843 at Cayuga Co, NY.. She was the daughter of Carolus Horace Burch and Nancy Henrietta Jones. She witnessed the marriage of Hannah Ann Gordon and Harlum Burch on 15 October 1863 at Calhoun Co, MI.. She married John Henry Moore on 1 April 1864 at Marshall, MI..⁷ She died on 8 December 1888 at Britton, SD., at age 45.
Several of her family letters have been preserved. She wrote to her brother Charles while he was serving in the Civil War. She wrote several family letters, while living in a sod house, homesteading in South Dakota. The letters give a glipse of the hard life of homesteading.
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